diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index ca2d082eb32fef27e26ffbb7886d3aaa9e93242f..7d927da151c615ffd387f649a0ba6d8eb76260f5 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -673,7 +673,16 @@ button.loading {
 
 
 
+
+
 /* ---- BROWSER-SPECIFIC FIXES ---- */
+
 ::-moz-focus-inner {
 	border: 0; /* remove dotted outlines in Firefox */
 }
+
+/* deactivate show password toggle for IE. Does not work for 8 and 9+ have their own implementation. */
+.ie #show, .ie #show+label {
+	display: none;
+	visibility: hidden;
+}